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Christ · 03-03-2011, 04:07 PM

Paul:

A very empowering response. I applaud you.

I just started driving my Diesel Golf, with 52 HP (new) and 5 speed transmission. No A/C, not even a radio. I LOVE it. I have to hold the throttle to the floor up hills to keep 45 MPH (speed limit) on some of the roads around here. Guess what? I've got 200 miles on the (14 gallon) fuel tank full of "yep, that looks like fuel - throw it in", and it's still over 3/4 tank.

All the guys I work with laughed when I started driving this car to work. I appeared to be laughing with them, but in reality, I was laughing AT them. They're *****ing about sub-20MPG vehicles and gas being $5 a gallon in the near future... meanwhile, I'm driving around on crankcase drainings and transmission fluid.

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Paul: A very empowering response. I applaud you. I just started driving my Diesel Golf, with 52 HP (new) and 5 speed transmission. No A/C, not even a radio. I LOVE it. I have to hold the throttle to the floor up hills to keep 45 MPH (speed limit) on some of the roads around here. Guess what? I've got 200 miles on the (14 gallon) fuel tank full of "yep, that looks like fuel - throw it in", and it's still over 3/4 tank. All the guys I work with laughed when I started driving this car to work. I appeared to be laughing with them, but in reality, I was laughing AT them. They're *****ing about sub-20MPG vehicles and gas being $5 a gallon in the near future... meanwhile, I'm driving around on crankcase drainings and transmission fluid. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"